IF 19|20

in Vilnius, the Festival des cinémas différents et
expérimentaux de Paris, the Film Festival Curtas
Vila do Conde, and numerous other venues.
Fruhauf persistently seeks a dialog with the
elements of the cinema and cinematography,
as well as with the predecessor media, such as
photography. The result of his work with voyeurism
(Exposed), the frame (Vintage Print, Palmes d’Or,
Phantom Ride Phantom), the mirror effect (Mirror
Mechanics), acceleration of the footage (La
Sortie), the portrayal of natural phenomena (Real
Time, Night Sweat), the dissolution of spatial
limitations (Where do we go, Fuddy Duddy), or
the conversion of analog film footage into digital
forms, is neither restrained, nor is it superficially
theoretical. All of these analyses exhibit both a
conceptual clarity, as well as knowledge of the
efficacy of film. The interplay of formal structure and
sensual experience in Siegfried A. Fruhauf’s films
repeatedly evokes the magic of the cinema anew.
JURY: BRIGITTA BURGER-UTZER, GORAN REBIĆ, MARIJANA STOISITS
English translation by Renée von Paschen